Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-24
DAILY HERALD.
PRETTY PERKINS.
She Goes Back on Her
Best Friends.
LOUISE LEVANTS LADEN.
The Fair Girl Gets q Few Thou
sands and Leaves with her
Next Best Friend.
PRETTY PERKINS.
LOUISE LEVANTS LADEN.

California person who has not heart
of the noted case of Perkins VS.. Bald
win. Miss Perkins, very beautiful
young girl, alleged that by the bland
ishments of Baldwin she had beer
induced to depart from the path Of
virtue. To do the girl justice it can
be said that she never claimed to have
been in love with the aged million.
aires personal beauty but to have cast
a longing eye at his very plethoric
purse. She sued Baldwin for $500, ,000
for the despoiling of her virtue and
had a long trial in which she was
most ably championed by Hon. S. M.
White one of the leading lawyers OF
this southern country and by w. T.
Williams, Esq, a lawyer of ability.
She also had great number of friends
on the outside including several news
papers. All did their utmost in the
cause of outraged virtue and when the
case was ended and Miss Perkins got
verdict in her favor Of $75, 200 the
general public was rejoiced and a great
cry went up that virtue had at last
triumphed over wealth. When the
verdict was rendered Baldwin, who
had been present at the trial, was seen
to wink. This action on his part
might have been involuntary, but it
set the lawyers on the girls side to
thinking, and they, from that time,
became very uneasy. Louise was not
possessed of large amount of coin
and her lawyers took an assignment OF
her judgment. Baldwin then filed u
motion for new trial, and Judge
Cheney, very much to the disgust Of
the girls lawyers, granted a new trial.
Nothing daunted, the lawyers for the
plaintiff made preparations for re-
hearing of the cause. When it was
called some weeks ago before Judge
O'Melveny an affidavit was filed
stating the serious illness of Mr..
Baldwin, and the matter was
postponed until July 25th. Some
days ago Miss Perkins went to San
Francisco. H. A. Unruh went to the
city and G.. Wiley Wells also left for
the Golden Gate. Wednesday reports
floated around that compromise had
been effected and that Louise had
pocketed about $4,000 in coin and
skipped for Europe with youngster
named Fallon. The HERALD gave the
story for what it was worth, but it
must be confessed that this paper was
a little doubtful about the matter and
could hardly believe that the Perkins
girl, who had been held up as such u
g x.,xf,,< ,,,1 ,h,,oaI
individual could so far forget her obli-
cations to her friends and attorneys as
to make compromise and leave them
with the bag to hold. That she has
done so the appended documents
that were filed in the Clerks
office yesterday win show. This
is not right on Louise's part. She,
it is stated, has been living off of
money advanced to her ON the
strength of the judgment and her
coming prospects. Messrs. White
and Williams, her attorneys, knew
nothing OF the transaction and were
not parties to it. They are naturally
incensed and say that if Louise does
not appear on Monday they will pros
ecute the case themselves and try to
get the Judgment of $4,000 as as
signed to them paid. This, however,
is questionable proposition. From
the best authority it is learned that G
Wiley Wells had nothing to do with
the compromise. Unruh wouldn't do
anything of the kind. None of the
lawyers on either side were interested
in the compromise. Baldwin was not
in the State and it said that he knows
nothing of it now, but will be inform
ed of it when he gets here to-day. In
fact nobody knows anything about the
compromise but the HERALD can
state that the Perkins girl got
just about $4,000 in money for prac-
tising shameful deceit upon her
friends and hackers. Those who
know her are not surprised at her
action, but people who have seen her
lauded to the skies in some OF the
newspapers are dumfounded. The
following papers, as filed in the
Clerks Office speak for themselves.
Alas! poor Louise, or rather poor
Fallon!
In THE SUPERIOR COURT OF Los ANGELES,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
Louise C. Perkins, Plaintiff VS.. T.. J. Bald
win, Observation-Disclosures to File supple
mental Answer.
STATE OF CALIroRNIA, s.s
COUNTY Of Los ANGELEsi ''
II. A. Unruh being first duly sworn,
on oath says:
That he is the general agent and
business manager of f. j Baldwin,
the defendant in the above entitled
action, and as such agent has full and
general charge of all business affairs
of said defendant. That said defend
ant is now absent from this County
and State.
That said action was commenced on
the 23d day'of April, 1885; that issue
was Joined therein by serving and
filing said defendants answer on the
18th day of June, 1885, and the cause
is now on the trial calendar of this
court.
And this deponent further says that
this action is brought by the plaintiff
TO recover of the defendant the sum of
$5OO,OOO damages, alleged to have
been sustained by the plaintiff by
reason of the alleged breach by the
defendant of a promise of marriage
alleged to have been executed between
the plaintiff and the defendant, and
for costs of suit; that since the join
ing of issue herein, and since the day
when this cause was first continued at
the county of Los Angeles, State of
California, the said defendant paid to
the said plaintiff one hundred dollars
and other good and valuable consider
ations, in full payment, satisfaction,
discharge and settlement OF the de-
mand and claim sued upon in the
above-entitled action and set out in
the complaint, which said sum and
consideration the said plaintiff then and
there received, and in consideration
thereof released and discharged the
defendant herein in writing, Of and